From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 9 04:02:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA09969 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 04:02:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA09957 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 04:02:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.03 #1) id 0zRaI3-00078R-00 for chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:00:55 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id MAA02285 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 12:00:46 +0100 Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA06606; Fri, 9 Oct 98 12:00:46 BST Message-Id: <361DECDC.C249DD35@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 12:00:44 +0100 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: A novel Y2K solution (humour) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anyone fancy porting FreeBSD?..... > A lower cost alternative for Desktop conversions that > also addresses the Y2K (Year 2000) issue has been defined: > > The goal is to remove all computers from the desktop by > Jan, 1999. > > Instead, everyone will be provided with an Etch-A-Sketch. > > There are many sound reasons for doing this: > > 1. No Y2K problems > 2. No technical glitches, keeping work from being done. > 3. No more wasted time reading and writing emails. > 4. Substantial hardware cost savings. > > Frequently Asked Questions from the Etch-A-Sketch Help Desk: > > Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little > lines all over the screen. What do I do? > A: Pick it up and shake it > > Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off? > A: Pick it up and shake it. > > Q: What's the shortcut for Undo? > A: Pick it up and shake it. > > Q: How do I create a New Document window? > A: Pick it up and shake it. > > Q: How do I set the background and foreground to > the same colour? > A: Pick it up and shake it. > > Q: What is the proper procedure for rebooting my > Etch-A-Sketch? > A: Pick it up and shake it. > > Q: How do I delete a document on my Etch-A-Sketch? > A: Pick it up and shake it. > > Q: How do I save my Etch-A-Sketch document? > A: Don't shake it. -- When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message